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Anyone know how to antidifferentiate this equation?
« on: July 12, 2015, 08:34:50 pm »
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If it's possible can anyone show me the worked solution for this question? Thanks  :)
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Re: Anyone know how to antidifferentiate this equation?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2015, 08:40:08 pm »
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If it's possible can anyone show me the worked solution for this question? Thanks  :)

... Is there anything else to this? Was it just a simple "find (integral)"? Is it definitely from a VCE specialist resource?

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Re: Anyone know how to antidifferentiate this equation?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2015, 08:54:49 pm »
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If it's possible can anyone show me the worked solution for this question? Thanks  :)


Now to integrate the x sinx term we think about the product rule can we know that we can get an x sinx term by differentiating -xcosx. the derivative of that is xsinx-cosx so we have to fudge the original to get the right expression and we see that
therefore
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Re: Anyone know how to antidifferentiate this equation?
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2015, 09:12:37 pm »
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Now to integrate the x sinx term we think about the product rule can we know that we can get an x sinx term by differentiating -xcosx. the derivative of that is xsinx-cosx so we have to fudge the original to get the right expression and we see that
therefore

Very impressive work! BUT, the technique you've used (considering the derivative of x*cos(x)) is not covered in the VCE curriculum. If you feel like learning more about it, though, see here.

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Re: Anyone know how to antidifferentiate this equation?
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2015, 09:24:09 pm »
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Very impressive work! BUT, the technique you've used (considering the derivative of x*cos(x)) is not covered in the VCE curriculum. If you feel like learning more about it, though, see here.
I'll confess that I was aware of integration by parts which, of course, is the reality behind this. I was attempting to put a "recognition" spin on the answer, seeing as this is a spec forum. Pity parts isn't in the spec course though.
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